A space rescue comedy
You’re Dusty, a space cowboy in a tiny rescue ship called the Mule, flying for Cheap Lassos Ltd., the cheapest rescue company in the solar system. Astronauts are drifting, orbiting broken antennas and shouting for help. Throw them a line, let them swing beneath you, and set the Mule down gently on the landing pad. With very little fuel.
How it plays
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One thumb tilts, one thumb thrusts
Physics you feel in your fingers: gravity, momentum and a rope that swings with every rescued astronaut. Easy to pick up, hard to land perfectly. Prefer buttons? Switch to the classic layout in Settings.
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Story mode
Follow Dusty’s route from the asteroid Ceres to the Moon. Bev, your dispatcher, talks you through each job over the radio (with love and sarcasm). The Manager speaks fluent corporate and keeps calling you “Rusty”. At the end of each episode, a payslip shows exactly where your money went.
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The lasso and the astronauts
Get close and slow to rope an astronaut. Roped astronauts hang beneath the Mule, add weight and swing with every move, and they only count if you land with them. Then they review the service: “Saved my life. 3 stars: the lasso was tight.”
The cast
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Dusty
Freelance rescue pilot
Uncertified hat. Words: as few as possible.
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Bev
Dispatch coordinator · Cheap Lassos Ltd.
Fourteen years on probation. Three coffees an hour.
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Thaddeus Profitt III
Regional Manager of Synergies · MegaStellar Unlimited
Has never set foot in space. Or in the office: he only comes as a hologram.
Coming soon to Google Play
Want to try it early? Write to hola@orbitrodeo.com